Tuesday, November 22, 2005

FOUR GREYHOUNDS & TEAM RANKED IN 11TH NCAA FOOTBALL STATISTICS
RELEASE OF 2005 SEASON

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Four different players from the Moravian College football team are ranked in four categories in the 11th NCAA III Division football statistical ranking released Tuesday. The Greyhounds are also listed in two team categories in the statistics through games of November 19th.

Senior linebacker Chad DiFelice (Pen Argyl, PA/Pen Argyl HS) is tied for third in the country in forced fumbles at 0.45 per contest while freshman kicker Brian Reckenbeil (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville HS) is tied for 35th in field goals per game at 0.8. Junior tailback Chris Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven Regional HS) is 44th in the nation in rushing with an average of 101.4 yards per game. Senior cornerback Tyler Chomik (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) is 22nd in kickoff returns at 25.7 yards per return.

As a team, Moravian is 44th in the country in rushing offense with an average of 197.5 yards per game, and the Greyhounds are 44th in kickoff returns at 20.9 yards per return.

The Greyhounds completed the 2005 season with an overall record of 7-4 this year and were 5-4 in the Middle Atlantic Conference, which was tied for fourth. Moravian won its first-ever Eastern College Athletic Conference Bowl game, defeating Frostburg State (MD) University, 14-7, in the ECAC Southwest Bowl on November 19th.